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68th Year - No. 101 Good Morning! It's Thursday, January 22, 1 976 2 Sections - 22 Pages - 15 Cents BBH S XSBL
Ford budget lowers welfare,
increases defense spending
WASHINGTON ( UPI) President
Ford Wednesday laid down a $ 394.2
billion budget providing increases for
defense and energy programs, a
promise of new tax cuts for individuals,
and a scaled- dow- n social program
emphasizing aid to the most needy.
Sgning the budget before submitting
it to Congress, the President said
" This represents what we hope will
be a very major turning point for the
American people. But it does not hold
out any promise that the federal
government can or will solve every
problem "
He said " it reflects on every page the
common sense, the new realism" he
invoked in his State of the Union speech
Monday.
For defense, the President budgeted
$ 101 1 billion for fiscal 1977, up $ 8.3
billion from the current year
Ford's budget also proposed a record
$ 10 4 billion to create new energy in-dustries,
develop untapped dean power
sources and expand U S oil and coal
production to fuel the nation
Aside from military and energy
spending, the emphasis of the budget
was on reducing federal outlays for
domestic needs by consolidation and
reorganization of a variety of govern-ment
programs
" We will give more money to those at
or below the poverty line and cut off
those above," Ford told reporters
Having put his own stamp on the
blueprint for fiscal 1977 ( his previous
budget was worked out largely under
Richard Nixon), Ford dispatched top
economic aides to Capitol Hill for
daylong briefings of congressional
leaders and committees to be involved
with it
Among those panels are the new
Senate and House budget committees,
created to sort out and nde herd on the
complicated process of government
spending They could alter drastically
the President's formula
Predictably, most congressional
Republicans praised the President
while Democratic leaders attacked the
effort to cut back on domestic
programs
However, Rep George Mahon, D- Te- x,
chairman of the House Ap-propriations
Committee and a major
force in the budget's move through
Congress, urged fellow Democrats not
to push for budget increases in view of
the " shockingly high" national debt
Mahon acknowledged that there will
be pressures to chop the proposed $ 8 3
billion increase in defense spending,
and that " Congress may very probably
fail to adopt" the President's plan for
overhauling and reducing domestic
programs
House Democratic Leader Lhoma P
O'Neill raised the issue of politics,
saying
" The President's budget priorities
are 100 per cent wrong Its full impact
in slowing the economy would be felt in
1977, not in this election year We have
to worry about the future, not just abcut
the election "
Senate Republican Leader Hugh
vnt said it is " in the interest of the
people of this country to hold very
closely" to Ford's formula But his
Democratic counterpart, Mike Man-sfield,
commented " We have cut every
budget for the last 10 years Should
this be an exception7"
Expected to face particularly rough
going in Congress are Ford's call for
reduced welfare spending, higher
Social Security taxes and smaller
Medicare payments
On the other hand, the lawmakers
probably will go along with the
President's proposal for new tax cuts
when the current extension of 1975
reductions expires at the end of June
At the budget- signin- g ceremony,
Ford said, " We have arrested a
spending trend that increasingly
threatened the national security and
our national stability It's my
judgment we have struck a very
workable, honest balance We will be
faithful to the promises, with the
support of Congress and the American
people"
Insight
Ford's budget called gamble'
By James M Naughton
N. Y. Times Service
WASHINGTON President Ford's
budget without " illusion" is built
around a big election year gamble a
belief that the President can persuade
American voters to lower their ex-pectations
of what government can do
for them.
The budgetproposal that Ford sent to
Capitol Hill would lower spending on
wdTwtinn, fSMfcetheaged- pa- y moftrfbr
health care raise Social Security
payroll taxes and remove pressure oa
the states to find money to help the
disadvantaged. It calls for major new
spending only for energy projects and
the military. And, despite indications
that Americans are more concerned
about economic security than national
security, it anticipates that nearly eight
per cent of the work force wfll be
jobless during the campaign year
Yet the President and his political
associates profess confidence that his
Bicentennial budget of modest ex-pectations
is in tune rath a more
realistic and less compassionate
national mood.
" The American people know that
promises that the federal government
will do more for them every year have
not been kept," Ford said " I make no
such promises," he said " I offer no
such illusion "
Instead, Ford offers the suggestion
that he and his administration are on
meside of those in the middle class and
among the wealthy who believe,
correctly or not, mat they have been
paying for rather than receiving the
fruits of federal social spending It is a
budget aimed politically, as one senior
Ford campeJea aide pat it, at " the
givers, not the getters."
Ford's tax reduction plan would give
the bulk of relief to families with in-comes
between $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 His
remedy for joblessness involves
speeding the tax advantages of
businesses mat expand their work
force He would strengthen the
economy by offering taxes on money
invested in corporate stocks by families
earning up to $ 40,000 He would make it
easier for one generation to pass on to
the next a family- owne- d farm or
business
He would combine 59 costly
education, health, school nutrition and
social services programs into four
block grants to states and eliminate the
stipulation mat states contribute their
own funds to tne efforts, thus
suggesting to those who begrudge them
that such social experiments would be
curbed if not stopped
In drafting a " prudent," low- horiz- on
program Ford is said to have tried to
preempt what he considers the current
political center, positioning himself
somewhat left of Ronald Reagan, his
conservative Republican rival, yet to
the right of whoever wig emerge from
the Democrats nominating brawl
Reagan, the former CaiJfijrnia
governor, has concentrated on at-tracting
the crucial Republican right
with such proposals as one to transfer
$ 90 billion of federal welfare and social
programs to the states
To counter Reagan's threat, Ford and
his subordinates have begun trying to
ridicule and radicalize the Reagan
position.
The President called Reagan's $ 90
billion transfer plan " totally im-practical"
at a budget briefing
Tuesday " I can't imagine 50 states
having all these programs dumped on
them and then have to increase taxes if
they want the programs continued "
Assuming, as they do, that
Republicans will reject Reagan as too
" radical," Ford's strategists foresee a
broader problem once the President
wins the Republican nomination.
Unlike Reagan or the Democratic
aspirants for the White House, Ford
simultaneously must sell his program
to the electorate and to an opposition
Congress
But the President said Americans
may be searching in 1S76 for " honesty,
trustworthiness and a feeling of
security" in the candidate they elect,
and be sought to project such an image.
hi a public relations exercise not
attempted by a chief executive since
Harry S Truman in 1953, Ford spent SO
nyimtep Tuesday answering questions
on his budget at a news briefing
His budget was not a " quick fix" for
the economy, the President contended,
but a way to ' steadily" reduce inflation
and unemployment and, ultimately, to
balance the government's budget
As for the " honesty" that Ford said
was important to a post- Waterg- ate
electorate, his approach seemed to be
bluntness He said he offered no
" hollow promise" of economic
miracles New social security taxes
and other burdens were " the right thing
to do." his program contained no false
hopes, no " illusion "
Affirmative action unsuccessful, Novak says
By Stephen Flowers and Jay Johnson
Missourian staff writers
City Manager Terry Novak said
Wednesday the city's affirmative ac-tion
program has not been " suc-cessful
"
m a memo prepared for the City
Council, it was stated that while the
general level of wages for all city
employes has risen steadily in the 2
years since June 30, 1973, minorities
( blacks and American Indians) have
not enjoyed as much of the increase as
their non- minori- ty counterparts
" It really hasn't been successful,"
Novak said, " but it has increased the
number of minority employes in some
areas, especially in the fire and police
departments"
Although saying it has lacked suc
cess, Novak still defended the city's
total affirmative action effort
Novak said that although the number
of minority employes earning more
than $ 10,000 per year has increased only
slightly, the tendency for minorities to
be grouped in one or two job categories
has rihnininhftri
Novak said in the memo, " The ac-complishments
of affirmative action
ere accomplishments of the total
organization, and cannot be attributed
to any one individual
" The actual decisions on hiring and
promotions are made by the depart-ment
heads or superintendents 7m
terms of actual hiring decisions, the
key people in affirmative action are the
city's department heads and
superintendents," Novak said, ap-parently
referring to the Cynthia
Bland situation
Bland, former administrative
assistant to employe relations director
Nick Smeed, was discharged Jan. 8 by
Novak
Bland's hearing before the Columbia
Personnel Advisory Board has been
rescheduled for 7 pjn , Jan 29.
Dennis Long, board chairman, said
City Counselor Bob Roper and Bland's
attorney, Oilie Mack, had requested a
delay in the hearing, apparently
because they needed additional time to
prepare the case. The bearing was
scheduled for tonight.
Statistics compiled by Novak's office
show that of 574 city employes in June
30, 1973, 86 non- minori- ty employes
made more man $ 10,000 a year, and no
minority workers were making more
man $ 10,000.
As of Jan. 1. 1976, the number of non- minor- ity
employes making more than
$ 10,000 had risen sharply, while
minority workers did not fare as well
There were 376 non- minorit- y employes
( 60 4 per cent of the total work force)
making more man $ 10,000, but the
minority work force accounted for only
16 positions paving that amount or over
Novak said the lack of minorities in
the higher paying positions was caused
by a lack of job openings m the
professional and administrative
categories coupled with a lack of
minority applicants.
" hi a aty with 6 6 per cent minorities
in the last census, last year minorities
accounted for 13 4 per cent of all ap-plicants,
13 6 per cent of interviews and
23 1 per cent lures," Novak said in die
memo
The number of minority employes in
the service and maintenance categories
has decreased by 4 per cent according
to the report, while the number of
minority employes in the professional
category has increased 4 per cent
The memo noted that minority
percentages had increased in ad-ministrative,
police, fire, parks and
health departments as well as in
professional, protective services and
stalled crafts
f ; ' Music Man9 plays in Senate
ByJ. D. Kidd
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Seventy- si- x
trombones led the great debate
Wednesday as the Senate marched
on with a parade of age- o- f -- majority
hills.
The ghost of Professor Harold Hill
rose from the Senate floor to strike
down a measure that would have
allowed, of all things,
TEENAGERS, to frequent pool
halls. And without the consent of a
' father, master or guardian "
There are one, two, three, four, Ifive, SIX pockets on a table, my
friends," was the warning of
Republican Sen. Richard Webster of
Carthage, echoing the words of the
good Professor Hill in the title role of
" The Music Man."
" We've got trouble, trouble,
trouble right here m River City
With a capital " T," and mat rhymes
with " P," and mat stands for
POOL'"
The Senate's resident thespian,
who has played the " Music Man"
role in the Carthage community
theater, described the bill as
" nonsense" but not necessarily
because of any corrupting mQoence
of a seamy pool ball.
Webster objected to the measure's
" informer payment" clause a
provision mat would pay the good
soul who snitched on an errant
" licensed keeper of a table" one- ha- lf
of the fine levied.
Webster entertained the Senate
for about three minutes with hi
" Music Man" s& Uloquoy, and men
blasted informer payments as ua- constituti- onaL
citing a 1949 Missouri
Supreme Court decision.
He warned of ridicule by the
House and by the press if Senate
passed the bilL
" They ( House members) wont
talk about the bill," Webster said.
" They'll talk about us for sending
garbage like mis over there.
" And mink what the press will do
to us now, if, 27 years later, we
repeal this section and then re- ena- ct
the same thing "
The Senate decided to table the bffl
for further contcderattcn, wary of
Webster's " Music Man" warning:
" Do you find new words sneaking
into your son's vocabulary9 Words
like ' swelL and ' So's your old
man
" After he leaves the bouse, does
your son rebockle his knicker-bockers,
BELOW the knee'. . . "
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Pipe down!
Murray Barnes. Route PP, guides a pipe mto a ditch in front
of the University s Ellis Library The University is laying the
new pipes for the heating system ( Missourian photo by Nick
Kelsh)
Cinn may get U. S. post
Rosemary Ginn Missouri s Repub
lican Natonal Committeewoman from
Columbia, may be the next U S am
bassador to Luxembourg
Beth Trimble, assistant to Sen
Stuart Symington, D Mo . said Wed
nesday evening she was told by a
White House source that Mrs Ginn
is being ' strongly considered for
the post
White House sources said President
Ford is likely to announce a decision
on the appointment within a week
An appointment must be confirmed
by the Senate
Mrs Ginn, 303 West Blvd S , would
replace Dr Ruth Lewis Farkas if
she is named to the ambassadorship
Mrs. Ginn declined to discuss the
report saying only At this tune I
dont think it would be appropriate
to make any comment
Tuition issue confused
By Diane Gutting
Missourian staff writer
University student fees could be in
creased but only if the General
Assembly grants the University more
funds than Gov Christopher S. Bond
has recommended Sound confusing7
It is.
A student fee increase might be ex-pected
if the General Assembly did
not give the University more money
However, University President C
Brice Ratchford says he will recom
mend a fee increase only if the
legislature does grant additional
funds.
In other words, more money from
the state means a fee hike, too Why7
A $ 10 per semester fee increase
would result in $ 1 million additional
revenue, but it takes $ 1.5 million for
just a 1 per cent across- the- boar- d
faculty salary hike Ratchford said a
salary increase of less than 4 6 per
cent is ' insulting A 46 increase
could not be accommodated by a fee
increase alone But a good faculty
raise would be possible only with a
student fee increase and more money
from the state
The University originally asked for
a $ 196 million budget increase
Recognizing the state s fiscal situation
would not permit that kind of funding
a plan to cope with the $ 8 9 million in
crease the Coordinating Board for
Higher Education suggested was
begun.
Part of the plan included $ 3 million
from a $ 30 across- the- boar- d increase
in student semester fees.
When Bond recommended a $ 5 6
million increase, this plan was sheiv
ed
In addition to state funding, the
University has $ 1 2 million in self
generated revenues This plus the $ 3
million from a fee increase would not
make a salary increase possible
However the $ 1 2 million plus m the
coordinating board s recommendation
would Hence, Ratchford s ra
tionauzation. Ratchford s statements
came Monday at a " rap session with
student leaders Carrie Francke,
president of the Missouri Students
Association, was at that meeting She
said Wednesday that Ratchford s
' logic is hard to sell
Francke said Ratchford's comments
put her in a difficult position. A mem-ber
of the University wide tuition
study committee, Francke said,
" MSA hasn't taken a position on fee
increases yet. But gomg by Ratch- ford- ' s
statement, if we oppose a fee
increase, we should not ask the
General Assembly for more funds." , t

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68th Year - No. 101 Good Morning! It's Thursday, January 22, 1 976 2 Sections - 22 Pages - 15 Cents BBH S XSBL
Ford budget lowers welfare,
increases defense spending
WASHINGTON ( UPI) President
Ford Wednesday laid down a $ 394.2
billion budget providing increases for
defense and energy programs, a
promise of new tax cuts for individuals,
and a scaled- dow- n social program
emphasizing aid to the most needy.
Sgning the budget before submitting
it to Congress, the President said
" This represents what we hope will
be a very major turning point for the
American people. But it does not hold
out any promise that the federal
government can or will solve every
problem "
He said " it reflects on every page the
common sense, the new realism" he
invoked in his State of the Union speech
Monday.
For defense, the President budgeted
$ 101 1 billion for fiscal 1977, up $ 8.3
billion from the current year
Ford's budget also proposed a record
$ 10 4 billion to create new energy in-dustries,
develop untapped dean power
sources and expand U S oil and coal
production to fuel the nation
Aside from military and energy
spending, the emphasis of the budget
was on reducing federal outlays for
domestic needs by consolidation and
reorganization of a variety of govern-ment
programs
" We will give more money to those at
or below the poverty line and cut off
those above," Ford told reporters
Having put his own stamp on the
blueprint for fiscal 1977 ( his previous
budget was worked out largely under
Richard Nixon), Ford dispatched top
economic aides to Capitol Hill for
daylong briefings of congressional
leaders and committees to be involved
with it
Among those panels are the new
Senate and House budget committees,
created to sort out and nde herd on the
complicated process of government
spending They could alter drastically
the President's formula
Predictably, most congressional
Republicans praised the President
while Democratic leaders attacked the
effort to cut back on domestic
programs
However, Rep George Mahon, D- Te- x,
chairman of the House Ap-propriations
Committee and a major
force in the budget's move through
Congress, urged fellow Democrats not
to push for budget increases in view of
the " shockingly high" national debt
Mahon acknowledged that there will
be pressures to chop the proposed $ 8 3
billion increase in defense spending,
and that " Congress may very probably
fail to adopt" the President's plan for
overhauling and reducing domestic
programs
House Democratic Leader Lhoma P
O'Neill raised the issue of politics,
saying
" The President's budget priorities
are 100 per cent wrong Its full impact
in slowing the economy would be felt in
1977, not in this election year We have
to worry about the future, not just abcut
the election "
Senate Republican Leader Hugh
vnt said it is " in the interest of the
people of this country to hold very
closely" to Ford's formula But his
Democratic counterpart, Mike Man-sfield,
commented " We have cut every
budget for the last 10 years Should
this be an exception7"
Expected to face particularly rough
going in Congress are Ford's call for
reduced welfare spending, higher
Social Security taxes and smaller
Medicare payments
On the other hand, the lawmakers
probably will go along with the
President's proposal for new tax cuts
when the current extension of 1975
reductions expires at the end of June
At the budget- signin- g ceremony,
Ford said, " We have arrested a
spending trend that increasingly
threatened the national security and
our national stability It's my
judgment we have struck a very
workable, honest balance We will be
faithful to the promises, with the
support of Congress and the American
people"
Insight
Ford's budget called gamble'
By James M Naughton
N. Y. Times Service
WASHINGTON President Ford's
budget without " illusion" is built
around a big election year gamble a
belief that the President can persuade
American voters to lower their ex-pectations
of what government can do
for them.
The budgetproposal that Ford sent to
Capitol Hill would lower spending on
wdTwtinn, fSMfcetheaged- pa- y moftrfbr
health care raise Social Security
payroll taxes and remove pressure oa
the states to find money to help the
disadvantaged. It calls for major new
spending only for energy projects and
the military. And, despite indications
that Americans are more concerned
about economic security than national
security, it anticipates that nearly eight
per cent of the work force wfll be
jobless during the campaign year
Yet the President and his political
associates profess confidence that his
Bicentennial budget of modest ex-pectations
is in tune rath a more
realistic and less compassionate
national mood.
" The American people know that
promises that the federal government
will do more for them every year have
not been kept," Ford said " I make no
such promises," he said " I offer no
such illusion "
Instead, Ford offers the suggestion
that he and his administration are on
meside of those in the middle class and
among the wealthy who believe,
correctly or not, mat they have been
paying for rather than receiving the
fruits of federal social spending It is a
budget aimed politically, as one senior
Ford campeJea aide pat it, at " the
givers, not the getters."
Ford's tax reduction plan would give
the bulk of relief to families with in-comes
between $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 His
remedy for joblessness involves
speeding the tax advantages of
businesses mat expand their work
force He would strengthen the
economy by offering taxes on money
invested in corporate stocks by families
earning up to $ 40,000 He would make it
easier for one generation to pass on to
the next a family- owne- d farm or
business
He would combine 59 costly
education, health, school nutrition and
social services programs into four
block grants to states and eliminate the
stipulation mat states contribute their
own funds to tne efforts, thus
suggesting to those who begrudge them
that such social experiments would be
curbed if not stopped
In drafting a " prudent," low- horiz- on
program Ford is said to have tried to
preempt what he considers the current
political center, positioning himself
somewhat left of Ronald Reagan, his
conservative Republican rival, yet to
the right of whoever wig emerge from
the Democrats nominating brawl
Reagan, the former CaiJfijrnia
governor, has concentrated on at-tracting
the crucial Republican right
with such proposals as one to transfer
$ 90 billion of federal welfare and social
programs to the states
To counter Reagan's threat, Ford and
his subordinates have begun trying to
ridicule and radicalize the Reagan
position.
The President called Reagan's $ 90
billion transfer plan " totally im-practical"
at a budget briefing
Tuesday " I can't imagine 50 states
having all these programs dumped on
them and then have to increase taxes if
they want the programs continued "
Assuming, as they do, that
Republicans will reject Reagan as too
" radical," Ford's strategists foresee a
broader problem once the President
wins the Republican nomination.
Unlike Reagan or the Democratic
aspirants for the White House, Ford
simultaneously must sell his program
to the electorate and to an opposition
Congress
But the President said Americans
may be searching in 1S76 for " honesty,
trustworthiness and a feeling of
security" in the candidate they elect,
and be sought to project such an image.
hi a public relations exercise not
attempted by a chief executive since
Harry S Truman in 1953, Ford spent SO
nyimtep Tuesday answering questions
on his budget at a news briefing
His budget was not a " quick fix" for
the economy, the President contended,
but a way to ' steadily" reduce inflation
and unemployment and, ultimately, to
balance the government's budget
As for the " honesty" that Ford said
was important to a post- Waterg- ate
electorate, his approach seemed to be
bluntness He said he offered no
" hollow promise" of economic
miracles New social security taxes
and other burdens were " the right thing
to do." his program contained no false
hopes, no " illusion "
Affirmative action unsuccessful, Novak says
By Stephen Flowers and Jay Johnson
Missourian staff writers
City Manager Terry Novak said
Wednesday the city's affirmative ac-tion
program has not been " suc-cessful
"
m a memo prepared for the City
Council, it was stated that while the
general level of wages for all city
employes has risen steadily in the 2
years since June 30, 1973, minorities
( blacks and American Indians) have
not enjoyed as much of the increase as
their non- minori- ty counterparts
" It really hasn't been successful,"
Novak said, " but it has increased the
number of minority employes in some
areas, especially in the fire and police
departments"
Although saying it has lacked suc
cess, Novak still defended the city's
total affirmative action effort
Novak said that although the number
of minority employes earning more
than $ 10,000 per year has increased only
slightly, the tendency for minorities to
be grouped in one or two job categories
has rihnininhftri
Novak said in the memo, " The ac-complishments
of affirmative action
ere accomplishments of the total
organization, and cannot be attributed
to any one individual
" The actual decisions on hiring and
promotions are made by the depart-ment
heads or superintendents 7m
terms of actual hiring decisions, the
key people in affirmative action are the
city's department heads and
superintendents," Novak said, ap-parently
referring to the Cynthia
Bland situation
Bland, former administrative
assistant to employe relations director
Nick Smeed, was discharged Jan. 8 by
Novak
Bland's hearing before the Columbia
Personnel Advisory Board has been
rescheduled for 7 pjn , Jan 29.
Dennis Long, board chairman, said
City Counselor Bob Roper and Bland's
attorney, Oilie Mack, had requested a
delay in the hearing, apparently
because they needed additional time to
prepare the case. The bearing was
scheduled for tonight.
Statistics compiled by Novak's office
show that of 574 city employes in June
30, 1973, 86 non- minori- ty employes
made more man $ 10,000 a year, and no
minority workers were making more
man $ 10,000.
As of Jan. 1. 1976, the number of non- minor- ity
employes making more than
$ 10,000 had risen sharply, while
minority workers did not fare as well
There were 376 non- minorit- y employes
( 60 4 per cent of the total work force)
making more man $ 10,000, but the
minority work force accounted for only
16 positions paving that amount or over
Novak said the lack of minorities in
the higher paying positions was caused
by a lack of job openings m the
professional and administrative
categories coupled with a lack of
minority applicants.
" hi a aty with 6 6 per cent minorities
in the last census, last year minorities
accounted for 13 4 per cent of all ap-plicants,
13 6 per cent of interviews and
23 1 per cent lures," Novak said in die
memo
The number of minority employes in
the service and maintenance categories
has decreased by 4 per cent according
to the report, while the number of
minority employes in the professional
category has increased 4 per cent
The memo noted that minority
percentages had increased in ad-ministrative,
police, fire, parks and
health departments as well as in
professional, protective services and
stalled crafts
f ; ' Music Man9 plays in Senate
ByJ. D. Kidd
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Seventy- si- x
trombones led the great debate
Wednesday as the Senate marched
on with a parade of age- o- f -- majority
hills.
The ghost of Professor Harold Hill
rose from the Senate floor to strike
down a measure that would have
allowed, of all things,
TEENAGERS, to frequent pool
halls. And without the consent of a
' father, master or guardian "
There are one, two, three, four, Ifive, SIX pockets on a table, my
friends," was the warning of
Republican Sen. Richard Webster of
Carthage, echoing the words of the
good Professor Hill in the title role of
" The Music Man."
" We've got trouble, trouble,
trouble right here m River City
With a capital " T," and mat rhymes
with " P," and mat stands for
POOL'"
The Senate's resident thespian,
who has played the " Music Man"
role in the Carthage community
theater, described the bill as
" nonsense" but not necessarily
because of any corrupting mQoence
of a seamy pool ball.
Webster objected to the measure's
" informer payment" clause a
provision mat would pay the good
soul who snitched on an errant
" licensed keeper of a table" one- ha- lf
of the fine levied.
Webster entertained the Senate
for about three minutes with hi
" Music Man" s& Uloquoy, and men
blasted informer payments as ua- constituti- onaL
citing a 1949 Missouri
Supreme Court decision.
He warned of ridicule by the
House and by the press if Senate
passed the bilL
" They ( House members) wont
talk about the bill," Webster said.
" They'll talk about us for sending
garbage like mis over there.
" And mink what the press will do
to us now, if, 27 years later, we
repeal this section and then re- ena- ct
the same thing "
The Senate decided to table the bffl
for further contcderattcn, wary of
Webster's " Music Man" warning:
" Do you find new words sneaking
into your son's vocabulary9 Words
like ' swelL and ' So's your old
man
" After he leaves the bouse, does
your son rebockle his knicker-bockers,
BELOW the knee'. . . "
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Pipe down!
Murray Barnes. Route PP, guides a pipe mto a ditch in front
of the University s Ellis Library The University is laying the
new pipes for the heating system ( Missourian photo by Nick
Kelsh)
Cinn may get U. S. post
Rosemary Ginn Missouri s Repub
lican Natonal Committeewoman from
Columbia, may be the next U S am
bassador to Luxembourg
Beth Trimble, assistant to Sen
Stuart Symington, D Mo . said Wed
nesday evening she was told by a
White House source that Mrs Ginn
is being ' strongly considered for
the post
White House sources said President
Ford is likely to announce a decision
on the appointment within a week
An appointment must be confirmed
by the Senate
Mrs Ginn, 303 West Blvd S , would
replace Dr Ruth Lewis Farkas if
she is named to the ambassadorship
Mrs. Ginn declined to discuss the
report saying only At this tune I
dont think it would be appropriate
to make any comment
Tuition issue confused
By Diane Gutting
Missourian staff writer
University student fees could be in
creased but only if the General
Assembly grants the University more
funds than Gov Christopher S. Bond
has recommended Sound confusing7
It is.
A student fee increase might be ex-pected
if the General Assembly did
not give the University more money
However, University President C
Brice Ratchford says he will recom
mend a fee increase only if the
legislature does grant additional
funds.
In other words, more money from
the state means a fee hike, too Why7
A $ 10 per semester fee increase
would result in $ 1 million additional
revenue, but it takes $ 1.5 million for
just a 1 per cent across- the- boar- d
faculty salary hike Ratchford said a
salary increase of less than 4 6 per
cent is ' insulting A 46 increase
could not be accommodated by a fee
increase alone But a good faculty
raise would be possible only with a
student fee increase and more money
from the state
The University originally asked for
a $ 196 million budget increase
Recognizing the state s fiscal situation
would not permit that kind of funding
a plan to cope with the $ 8 9 million in
crease the Coordinating Board for
Higher Education suggested was
begun.
Part of the plan included $ 3 million
from a $ 30 across- the- boar- d increase
in student semester fees.
When Bond recommended a $ 5 6
million increase, this plan was sheiv
ed
In addition to state funding, the
University has $ 1 2 million in self
generated revenues This plus the $ 3
million from a fee increase would not
make a salary increase possible
However the $ 1 2 million plus m the
coordinating board s recommendation
would Hence, Ratchford s ra
tionauzation. Ratchford s statements
came Monday at a " rap session with
student leaders Carrie Francke,
president of the Missouri Students
Association, was at that meeting She
said Wednesday that Ratchford s
' logic is hard to sell
Francke said Ratchford's comments
put her in a difficult position. A mem-ber
of the University wide tuition
study committee, Francke said,
" MSA hasn't taken a position on fee
increases yet. But gomg by Ratch- ford- ' s
statement, if we oppose a fee
increase, we should not ask the
General Assembly for more funds." , t